BURDEN. oracle. TYRE. It had rejoiced in the misfortunes of Judah (Amos 1:9); so it is punished by the same king of Babylon (Isaiah 23:13). Ezekiel 26:2. SHIPS OF TARSHISH. See note on Isaiah 2:16 and 1 Kings 10:22. SHIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the people in them.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISLE. Here, Tyre itself. THOU WHOM. which. PASS OVER. cross, in trading. In verses: Isaiah 23:2; Isaiah 23:3; Isaiah 23:6; Isaiah 23:10; Isaiah 23:12, imperative, implying flight.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEED: or, grain. SIHOR. the black river, the Nile (compare Jeremiah 2:18). HARVEST. Egypt was the field, the Phoenician coast its granary. RIVER. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Isaiah 7:18. "River" is here put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the country (Egypt) through whic... [ Continue Reading ]
ZIDON. Was. seaport. the mother city of Phoenicia, the granary of Egypt's harvests. The Zidonians had built Tyre on. rocky island, and connected it with the mainland. I TRAVAIL NOT. I have not travailed. The verbs which follow in Isaiah 23:4 are in the past tense. The sea speaks to the mother Zidon... [ Continue Reading ]
AS AT THE REPORT CONCERNING &C.: or, When the report comes to Egypt they are forthwith in terror at the report concerning Tyre.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANTIQUITY. origin. FEET. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for the vessels in which the Tyrians fled from Nebuchadnezzar.... [ Continue Reading ]
CROWNING. crown-giver: i.e. conferring crowns on other Phoenician cities.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9. STAIN. pollute.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE MERCHANT CITY. Tyre, or Phoenician coast. Hosea 12:7. THEREOF: or, which are upon it.... [ Continue Reading ]
OPPRESSED. humbled.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS PEOPLE WAS NOT. a people that were no people (i.e. Assyria). Tyre boasted antiquity (Isaiah 23:7), Assyria was their object-lesson and warning. AND: or, but. HE. God.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVENTY YEARS. See Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:2. From the first year of Nebuchadnezzar (496 B.C.) to the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus (426 B.C.) ONE. Hebrew. _ehad_,. compound unity, hence "one" of. dynasty, here, the Babylonian dynasty. Not _yahid_,. single one. See note on Deuteronomy 6:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE AN HARP, &C. Figure of speech _Apostrophe_. Not. quotation.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORLD. the earth. Hebrew. _ha- arez_. UPON. which are upon. EARTH. ground, or, soil. Hebrew. _ha- adamah_.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLINESS. hallowed. SUFFICIENTLY. abundantly.... [ Continue Reading ]